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What does the Bible say about great commission?

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The Bible teaches that the risen Jesus sends His church to proclaim the gospel to every people, make disciples, baptize them, and teach them to obey all He commanded, trusting His continual presence and sovereign authority. In Matthew 28:16-20, Christ grounds this mission in His authority over heaven and earth. Mark 16:15 and Luke 24:46-47 emphasize preaching repentance and forgiveness of sins in His name to all nations. Acts 1:8 promises the Holy Spirit's power for this witness, beginning nearby and extending to the ends of the earth. The church therefore depends on God's grace, faithfully declares Christ crucified and risen, and calls all who believe to follow Him.

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  • Matthew 28:16-20

    [16] But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them. [17] When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted. [18] Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. [19] Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

  • Mark 16:15

    He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to the whole creation.

  • Acts 1:8

    But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."

  • Matthew 28:19

    Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

  • Matthew 28:18-20

    [18] Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. [19] Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

  • Matthew 28:16

    But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.

  • Acts 2:38

    Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • John 3:16

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

  • Matthew 28:19-20

    [19] Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

  • Luke 24:46-47

    [46] He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, [47] and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

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